Lu Su also stepped forward and said: "My lord, according to the order of the lord, we must do our best to conceal the movements of our army and give Jingzhou a surprise attack, but Zigui is held on the Yangtze River waterway, if we don't attack first, our Yizhou naval army will not be able to pass quietly, and it will inevitably expose our army's intentions in advance, so our Yizhou naval army will set sail in the early morning of this morning under the leadership of Xingba, and will only pass after the infantry army captures Zigui." Then the latter part will cross the Yangtze River, cut off the waterway of the Yangtze River, and prevent the counties of Jingnan from supporting Jiangling, and the other part will besiege Yiling, so that Jiangling and Xiangyang cannot learn the news of our army, and then assist the infantry army to take Yiling first and then go down to Jiangling. ”

Liu Zhang suddenly asked, "Has Wuling Taishou Cao Yin returned to the book?" ”

"Back to the lord, Cao Yin Taishou only agreed to contain Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang soldiers and horses for our army, but refused to send troops to cooperate with our army to capture Jiangling!"

Cao Yin is the one in history who encouraged Sun Jian to borrow grain from Wang Rui and wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, and finally Wang Rui died under Sun Jian's knife, but because of Liu Zhang's unexpected appearance, Wang Rui was not killed that year. The year before last, it was this Cao Yin who encouraged Sun Jian to send troops for revenge, and agreed with Sun Jian to send troops together, but after Sun Jian stupidly sent troops, Cao Yin watched behind him and had no intention of sending troops at all, resulting in Sun Jian's death. Liu Zhang has no good impression of this person, and the reason why he sent someone to contact him is just a delaying tactic, hoping that Cao Yin can let down his vigilance against him, and after he solves Wang Rui, he will return to the division to solve the four counties of Jingnan. To be honest, even if Cao Yin agreed to help the soldiers fight, Liu Zhang would not believe it, after all, Sun Jian's lesson was in front of him.

Guo Jiadao: "Cao Yin twice united with Sun Jian to attack Wang Rui, although he did not send troops in the end, but he has already befriended Wang Rui, he must be afraid of Wang Rui after the autumn to settle accounts, so I think that at this time, it is he who wants Wang Rui to die the most, and he agreed to contain the troops of the three counties of Changsha for our army, I think it can be believed." Of course, he didn't really want to help us, but just to protect himself, otherwise once our army lost, Wang Rui would take advantage of the victory to solve him together, and he would definitely die at that time; If he had helped our army at this time, once our army had won, he would have thought that he would still be able to sit in Hengwuling. ”

Xun You said: "Fengxiao's words are reasonable, but Cao Yin's morality is inferior, we can't fully trust his promise, he should understand that once he fights his soldiers and horses with the three counties, no matter whether our army or Wang Rui wins in the future, he will lose his reliance, and he can only let people eat meat." For this reason, he will take self-protection as the first priority, and will not sincerely resist the soldiers and horses of the three counties for our army, and we must be careful of possible attacks on the south bank! ”

Full of favor said: "Don't worry, Wenda, in my opinion, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang even if they get Wang Rui's order, I'm afraid they won't send troops to rescue, once Jingzhou is underarmed, the troops are weak, and there are many thieves in Jingnan, the garrison must guard against the safety of the city, and there is no force to cross the river to rescue Wang Rui; Secondly, the Jingzhou Navy Division is stationed in Jiangxia and Xiangyang, Jingnan does not have a few warships, although the Jingzhou soldiers are familiar with the water, but they can not swim across the river to attack our army, not to mention that our Navy Division is like an iron lock across the river, if the Jingnan soldiers and horses dare to cross the river, they will be buried in the belly of the fish! ”

Liu Zhang smiled with satisfaction and said: "Everyone's words are reasonable, but be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, we must not be careless, we must always pay attention to the movement of Jingnan, if the soldiers of Jingnan have the intention of crossing the river, Zijing, the sailors will destroy the enemy in the river!" ”

Lu Su bowed and said: "My lord, please rest assured, the navy has enough ability to hold the Yangtze River waterway, but if Jiangxia and Xiangyang sailors come to help, with the strength of our navy, although they can fight, it is difficult to divide troops to cut off the north-south connection, if the enemy in Jingnan takes advantage of the opportunity of our navy to cross the river, the navy will be powerless to stop!" ”

"Don't worry too much, the Jiangxia Navy is afraid that it will not be able to learn the news of our army's attack until seven or eight days later, if the troops are sent to rescue Jiangling, they must go upstream, the Jingzhou Navy lacks training, military discipline is slow, and it will take a lot of time to assemble the water division, and when it arrives in Jiangling, I am afraid it will be half a month later, and the Xiangyang Navy will take longer, and our army may have already captured Jiangling by then. If the army of Jingnan crosses the river at this time, I have already freed my hand, and I can annihilate it suddenly, so as to pacify Jingnan in one fell swoop, haha, to be honest, I hope that things will develop like this, and this will greatly reduce the time for our army to conquer the entire territory of Jingzhou. ”

Everyone laughed, if everything developed according to Liu Zhang's expectations, it would be good, but was it actually possible? No one knows, so everyone has to be cautious.

Liu Zhang looked at the huge topographic map of Jingzhou and discussed with everyone for more than half an hour, Liu Zhang showed a tired look and ordered the people to disperse.

Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Zhang led a group of civil and military personnel out of Yufu County. Looking back at the mountains and rivers around, Liu Zhang said: "I have taken the first step to revive the Han Dynasty, and I swear here that I will revitalize the Han Dynasty, reproduce the heroic style of filial piety and glory, and ensure the stability of my Han Dynasty forever." For this reason, I decided to change the name of Yufu County to Yongan County! ”

Since then, Yufu County has been renamed Yong'an County, and this name has been used until 300 years after the death of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Zhang then led Manzhong, Guo Jia, Lu Su, Xu Huang and others and 15,000 soldiers and horses to board the ship and march eastward.

When Liu Zhang was still on the way, Zhang Fei and Li Dian, who were half a day late, finally arrived at a small hill more than three miles west of Zigui City. According to the plan, the vanguard should arrive at Zigui yesterday night, take advantage of the night to sneak attack Zigui, and capture it in one fell swoop, but Li Dianti proposed that in order to achieve the suddenness of the attack, the army should take the mountain trail to hide its traces, otherwise if the movement of the army is detected by the enemy, the sneak attack will lose its meaning, Zigui as the bridgehead of Jingzhou to defend against the attack of Yizhou, there are 3,000 heavy troops stationed, and it is not certain to attack with 5,000 troops. Zhang Fei happily adopted Li Dian's advice, and the two of them led 5,000 soldiers over the inaccessible mountain trails, although they marched forcibly all the way, they were still half a day late, and when they arrived, it was already early noon the next day.

Zhang Fei and Li Dian climbed the hill and found that within three miles west of Zigui City, there was no shelter and no obstruction, and the nearest attack position was the hill at the foot of the mountain, and further on, it would be exposed to the eyes of the defenders. At this time, people come and go at the city gate, once the army leaves the hill, it will be discovered by the enemy, the enemy has three miles of warning time, and it is completely calm to close the city gate and refuse to defend the city. Once this situation occurs, Zhang Fei and Li Dian can only storm strongly, which is extremely difficult to conquer for a while, and may even fall into a protracted battle, and they are ordered to seize the city as quickly as possible......

Zhang Fei and Li Dian had no choice but to send spies to reconnoiter the situation in the east, south and north......

Li Dian said: "General, I have a plan, maybe I can give it a try!" ”

Zhang Fei immediately rejoiced: "What is Mancheng's clever plan? After more than two years of partnering, Zhang Fei admired his deputy very much and could listen to his admonitions, otherwise he would not have agreed to the army to climb the mountain and suffer because of his words.

Li Dian said: "General, we have always thought that the sneak attack should be covered by night, and the ghost will appear in front of the enemy's eyes unknowingly. However, the enemy also knew that the night was not good for him, and often strengthened his guard at night, so sneak attacks were often unsuccessful. But the situation is different during the day, take the situation we are facing, general, please see, Zigui City is three feet high, and the city gate is closed at night, our army wants to climb the city with the help of flying claws to climb up, the night is silent, small noises are heard far away, the situation of the enemy army Our army has no way of knowing, it is likely that there is an enemy guard at the climbing place...... These may expose our army, and the efficiency of borrowing flying claws to ascend the city is extremely low, and our army cannot form a troop advantage over the enemy in a short period of time, and it is difficult to do so even if the enemy is evenly matched, and the soldiers who ascend the city will be in danger of being wiped out! During the day, it is just the opposite, as long as our army can control the city gate, only three miles away, it will be there in a blink of an eye, as long as our army enters the city, it will be difficult for the Jingzhou soldiers to resist! Moreover, it is almost lunchtime, and most of the defenders will return to the barracks to eat, which will also greatly help our army to capture the city gates. ”

Zhang Fei said: "But how can we approach the city gate?" ”

"Disguise!"

"Disguise?" Zhang Fei repeated the word suspiciously, and then said happily: "Yes, Mancheng's plan is really wonderful, at this time Yijing has not declared war, the defenders are not on guard, as long as our army is disguised as some soldiers, it is very likely to take the city gate in one fell swoop!" Well, come on, look for me at once, there are rich families nearby, get me some clothes from their houses, the master's and the servants, and requisition some carriages and burdens......"

The commander of the pro-soldier tun immediately took dozens of soldiers to find what Zhang Fei needed.